FEE FOR THE PARTICIPATION VIA THE ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM: € 45,- per modul.

A two year program of study and meditation on the foundations of Buddhism will begin in winter 2016 with Khenpo K. Thamphel (Kagyu College Dehradun / University of Vienna). Under the title: “In Search of the Buddha Nature – Discover and Develop the Buddha Potential within You,” Khenpo Thamphel will explain the entire graduated path to Buddhahood and Buddha activity. In addition, he will give meditation instructions that can be practiced together or at home and help us to deepen our insights and understanding.

The program’s core text is the celebrated “Jewel Ornament of Liberation,” composed by Gampopa (1079 – 1153), one of Milarepa’s heart disciples. Based on Atisha’s “Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment,” to this day this text is regarded as the first Lamrim text in Tibet to explain the practice in stages of a bodhisattva on the path to enlightenment, and is studied by the various schools of Buddhism in Tibet.

GAMPOPA -„Jewel Ornament of Liberation“

The twenty-one chapters of this work systematically set forth the path that must be taken if one wishes to attain Buddhahood – no more and no less. If one leaves out one step, the goal cannot be achieved. More is not needed, this is the complete path. The text is a pith instruction, not a detailed commentary, a simple, clear and consistent instruction. It comprises the core statements on:

Cause: The Buddha nature Basis: The precious human existence Condition: The spiritual friend Methods : Meditation on impermanence, detriments of the cycle of existence, karma, love and compassion Bodhicitta: The Six Liberating Qualities of Bodhicitta Fruit: Perfect awakening and to transform them into one’s own experience.

Only through intensive study, repeated reading and continuous meditation can we penetrate this profound text. H.H. the Dalai Lama emphasizes that it is best to rely on an authentic teacher and to practice in order to fathom the eintire depth of this magnificent work.

Khenpo Thamphel teaches in English and now also speaks a little German so that various questions and topics can be discussed directly with him.

PROGRAM:

Friday: 18.10.2019

Until 17:00 Uhr

Arrival and Registration

17:30

Dinner

18:30-20:00

Teachings

Saturday: 19.10.2019

7:00-8:00

Guru Yoga

8:00

Breakfast

09:30-11:00

Gampopa Teachings

11:00-11:30

Tea-Break

11:30-12:30

Gampopa Teachings

12:30

Mittagessen

14:30-15:45

Gampopa Teachings

15:45-16:00

Break

16:00-17:00

Gampopa Teachings

17:30

Dinner

Sunday: 20.10.2019

7:00-8:00

Guru Yoga

8:00-9:00

Breakfast

09:30-11:00

Gampopa Teachings

11:00-11:30

Tea-Break

11:30-12:30

Gampopa Teachings

12:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Gampopa Teachings

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